The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-09-04
THE REPORTERS PAY.
Able Men Who do Hard Work for
Low Wages.

New York doubtless has more gooo
newspaper men than any other city, as
shown in my last letter, largely because
the whole world is made tributary to Its
demands ia this direction. Yet. as
compared with other pursuits l think
the fiat takes" are few, the owners OF
publications getting the larger share OF
the pie, though most Of the men con-
trolling the best newspapers are usually
of class that in other professions, and
with similar investments, would make
even more money. Charles A. Dana is
said to receive only $4,000 as salary,
though his inceme from Sun stock
makes the snug sum yearly Of about
s1OO 600. Reid, of the Tribune, is
credited with $12 600 salary: Hepworth,
editor of the Herald, $4,000. Mr.. Mil
Ter, of the Times, is supposed to receive
$40, 600, and that papers managing edi-
tor, Mr.. Reid, 5000. Col. Cockrlll, of
the World, is supposed to make $40 600
from a small amount of stock and his
salary of $15, GOO. There is every reason
to doubt the accuracy of these figures, OF
course, for they are founded only on
rumor, and about such things rumor is
NOT often infallible.
"GATH's" 5000 A WEEK.
1t is doubtful if there is better salary
paid in New York Tor newspaper work
than that given George Alfred Town
send by the Cincinnati Enquirer, 5000
per week, the correspondent having al
most unlimited license as to what he
shall write or where from. This salary
is not on account of stock, it must be
remembered. An excellent authority
among New York journalists say the
highest salary here to non-stockholding
writer's on the city papers is 81 900. This
is not far from right, though some of the
people so salaried make $1,000 or So 600
more in other work. Yet even with $10,-
600 as yearly earnings, the same men in
hsimilarly responsible positions in bust
| ness life would earn double or treble
that amount. There are jockeys that
earn double that salary, and lawyers by
the score earn 800 coo annually here,
and it must be borne in mind that a
man who can command $40 .000in journ-
alism must have inordinate ability
talents which, had they been wisely
| ulI6CLSu III OGuOI Cn6uutlS, WOulu ndNe
placed him on the highest plane.
Now let US look on the reportorial
side of journalism i'll New York. Take
! Sun as an example, because it is the
favorite paper to work on. Mr.. Dana
appreciates his bright young men
and talks about them, and reporters
strive for sits" on his paper accord
ngly.
ON proof OF ability, if there is q
vacancy on the reportorial staff of the
| Sun, the candidate will be put to work
on salary of SIS a week, which. if de-
velopments are satisfactory, will be in
creased to SIS, then to $50 week. When
developed into capable and trustworthy
newsgatherers the salary is stopped and
they are paid IS per column for all their
matter that is used. They are, of
course, assigned" or given definite
matters to look after. If the assign
ment does not develop copy" amount
ing to more than the allowance, the re-
porter will receive 90 cents an hour for
| the time consumed, on ten hours daily
thus being sure of SIS day. Street cal
or other expenses he must pay, though
if sent out of town his expenses are paid
| by the paper.